UCF Knights

Not long after finishing second in the EIWA tournament, Lehigh's Santiago Martinez talked about the emotions he felt earlier in the day when he locked up a berth in the NCAA Division I wrestling tournament with a victory in the semifinals. "This is what I came here for," said the beaming Coral Gables, Fla., native, who came to south Bethlehem this year as a grad student to use his final year of wrestling eligibility. The 174-pounder does have two national championships on his resume. However, they came in the National Collegiate Wrestling Association, the governing body for colleges that offer wrestling as a club sport instead of on the varsity level. Now Martinez, who...

The postseason is one "Kokomo Bowl" from becoming the next verse in a Beach Boys song: "Miami, Bahamas, come on pretty mamma, Camellia, and Boca, this is not a joke-a." Four new bowl games plus the extra championship game means the...

UCF used a Hail Mary pass from Justin Holman to Breshad Perriman to cover 51 yards on the final play of the game for a 32-30 victory over East Carolina on Thursday night, once again proving that college football teams have a problem defending last-gasp...

Matt Jones and Kelvin Taylor combined for 389 yards rushing and four touchdowns to help Florida upset No. 11-ranked Georgia, 38-20, to end a three-game losing streak in the series and quite possibly saving coach Will Muschamp's job.
Jones ran 25 times...

Each week our national college football writer describes how he would handle the television remote Saturday, handicapping what's worth watching, and skipping:
MORNING
No. 4 Baylor (6-0) at West Virginia (4-2)
9 a.m., Fox Sports 1
The over-under is...

J.T. Barrett matched a school record with six touchdown passes — five in the first half — to lead No. 22 Ohio State, rebounding from a loss to Virginia Tech, to a 66-0 victory over Kent State on Saturday in Columbus, Ohio.
The win was the 39th in a row...

MORNING
Boise State (1-1) at Connecticut (1-1)
9 a.m., ESPN2
Had things worked out as planned — but do they ever? — this would have been a major league Big East game between schools that have played in the Fiesta Bowl since 2005.
Boise State joined...

Don Jackson ran for two touchdowns and Nevada's defense allowed a lone field goal in the second half Friday night as the Wolf Pack beat Washington State, 24-13.
Cody Fajardo, who played at Anaheim Servite High, passed for 110 yards and ran for another...

In the children's game of musical chairs, the big loser is the kid who can't find a seat when the music stops.
In college football's game of musical chairs, the big loser is probably Connecticut.
Or, in the expanded game, toss in Boise State,...

You have to admire Mike Aresco's spunk.
The American Conference commissioner refuses to concede that his football league, once known as the Big East, has been demoted to second class.
In trying to inspire his 11-team fraternity at media day in Rhode...

Bryce Petty threw touchdown passes on the first two drives of the second half for No. 9 Baylor and the Bears won their first Big 12 title and a Fiesta Bowl berth with a 30-10 victory over No. 23 Texas on Saturday.
The final game in Baylor's old...

MINNEAPOLIS — Philip Nelson rushed for two touchdowns and passed for another, guiding Minnesota to a 34-23 upset Saturday of 25th-ranked Nebraska, the first win by the Gophers since 1960 against the Cornhuskers.
Nelson made all of his seven completions...

Sunday's first release of the Bowl Championship Series standings got a last-minute shipment of adjustments, edits and amendments.
They arrived in a packaged labeled "Saturday."
The last year of the BCS (sob, sob) is sure going to be fun.
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Louisville, even though it was undefeated and ranked No. 8, was always going to be a long shot to win this year’s college football national title.
The Cardinals simply did not have the schedule strength to keep up with the best teams from the power...

Could this be the start of an upset binge?
West Virginia, which got shut out last week by Maryland, has rebounded to scoring a somewhat shocking 30-21 win over No. 11 Oklahoma State.
The Mountaineers (3-2) overcame some shaky clock management in...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- After starting quarterback Jeff Driskel was lost to a season-ending ankle injury, Tyler Murphy led No. 19 Florida to five scores in a somewhat ugly game, helping the Gators open Southeastern Conference play with a 31-17 victory over...